New Britain News Notes

Volunteer Receives Achievement Award

July 05, 1994

The Hospital for Special Care has named Jeanne Wischenbart as this year's recipient of the M. Gertrude McCue Award for Outstanding Achievement in Volunteerism.

The award was given at the annual volunteer recognition reception last week. The number of volunteers at the hospital increased 32 percent this year to 275, and those volunteers gave about 35,000 hours of service.

Wischenbart, who is retired, volunteers in the hospital's pastoral care department as a eucharistic minister, and works as an information desk receptionist in the main lobby.

The award is given every year to a person or group that exemplifies the spirit of volunteering, and has made an outstanding contribution to the hospital. The award was named in 1991 for M. Gertrude McCue, a New Britain resident who has been active at the hospital for more than 40 years.

Six volunteers with at least 25 years of service were also honored at the reception, and presented with roses. Those volunteers are: Kay Prior, Helen Kostruba, Dora Crowe, Peg DeNuzze, Rose Knopf and Emma Telke.